1029
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Year 1029 (MXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- March/April: The Ghaznavid Sultan Maḥmūd brutally sacks the city of Rayy after receiving a request for help by its Buyyid ruler Majd al-Dawla against his rebellious troops. He crucifies a large number of the local population and burns many books that he considers heretical.[1][2]
Europe
- Prince Pandulf IV of Capua becomes the de facto ruler of southern Italy – holding Capua and Naples himself – this in support with his powerful allies Amalfi, Salerno and Benevento. Only the Duchy of Gaeta remains out of his grasp.
- Rainulf Drengot, head of a mercenary band of Norman knights, is approached by Duke John V of Gaeta and is persuaded to change sides. With Norman help, Duke Sergius IV recovers Naples from Capuan occupation.
- Duke Bretislav I (Bohemian Achilles) of Bohemia of the Přemyslid Dynasty reconquers Moravia from Poland (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- The seat of the Bishopric of Zeitz is moved to Naumburg (Saxony-Anhalt) in Central Germany.
Births
- January 20 – Alp Arslan (Heroic Lion), sultan of the Seljuk Empire (d. 1072)
- July 5 – Al-Mustansir Billah, caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate (d. 1094)
- Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Arab astrologer and astronomer (d. 1087)
- Al-Humaydī, Andalusian scholar and writer of Islamic studies (d. 1095)
- Clement III, antipope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)
- Kaoruko (or Saien-no Kogo), Japanese empress consort (d. 1093)
- Said al-Andalusi, Moorish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1070)
- Ulrich of Zell (or Wulderic), German abbot and saint (d. 1093)
Deaths
- January 20 – Heonae, Korean queen consort and regent (b. 964)
- January 27 – Unwan (or Unwin), archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
- May 28 – Herman of Ename, count of Verdun (Lower Lorraine)
- Abu'l-Qasim Jafar, Buyid statesman and vizier (Fasanjas family)
- Al-Karaji, Persian mathematician and engineer (approximate date)
- Fujiwara no Kinsue, Japanese statesman and courtier (b. 957)
- Fujiwara no Tametoki, Japanese nobleman (approximate date)
- Haakon Ericsson, Norwegian Viking nobleman (approximate date)
- Ibn al-Kattani, Moorish astrologer, poet and physician (b. 951)
- Kushyar Gilani, Persian mathematician and geographer (b. 971)
- Lu Zongdao, Chinese official and politician (approximate date)
- Salih ibn Mirdas, Arab founder of the Mirdasid Dynasty[3]